Also with capital initial. A condition or place of spiritual cleansing and purification; (Roman Catholic Church) a place or state where the souls…

(a) †a part of the body where unhealthy or excess bodily humours are expelled (obsolete); (b) †a lavatory (obsolete); (c) purgatory (now rare).

the land of whipperginnie, apparently a nickname for purgatory.

A place in which a person is put to rest: cf. repose, v.2 3a. A place in which souls reside or are held (before or after life).

(An intermediate region representing) purgatory. Obsolete. rare.